Can I download 10.8 for free?

Hello community.
I purchased my first Apple product on Sunday, a Mac mini 6,1. It came preinstalled with OS X 10.8.3 and included no installation media (which makes sense as the mini has no optical drive).
As I've paid for an OS X 10.8 license already, included in the cost of the mini, am I entitled to download the Mountain Lion installer for free, or will I have to pay for it again? I would like to create a USB install stick and understand that I need the OS X installer package for this.
Thanks.
JM

The license for that copy of Mountain Lion only extends to that Mac. You cannot use it on any other Mac you own, unlike if you purchase Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store.
If you ever need to reinstall your OS, you use Recovery: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
According to a few tutorials on the web, it is possible to get a copy to download by starting a reinstall from Recovery, and then interrupting it after the download and before it starts installing.

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